Press release

Dmitry Kovalev: “We can still be better for next round”

Singh Navjit, Captain of India: “We played a good match, but Russia was better than us. Now let´s face Egypt and try to win and qualify for the next round”.

Dmitry Kovalev, Captain of Russia: “We played a good match, but, as in the first day, we made some mistakes that we need to fix. We can still be better for next round”.

M. H. Kumara, Coach of India:“First set was really tight and if we had win it, perhaps the match could have been different. But congratulations to Russia, they deserved to win. We will play very focused against Egypt. We defeated them in friendly matches prior but now it will be a different situation”.

Sergey Shlyapnikov, Coach of Russia: “Volleyball is a game where the team that makes less mistakes win. Even though India made some mistakes, they were tough rivals”.